Archive for 2011 February
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The Architecture of Hope: Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
“What we’re looking for in our architects is an attitude. We want people to deliver the brief but without preconceived ideas,” this is from the statement from the architectural brief issued by the Maggie’s
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Adolf Loos: The first gallery tour
Today was the first of the Adolf Loos gallery tours and talks, where exhibition co-curator Irena Murray (Sir Bannister Fletcher Director of the RIBA British Architectural Library) took a large group of Loos enthusiasts
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Adolf Loos: The first visitors
After a fantastic effort from the staff of the RIBA and the Museum of Prague, the Adolf Loos Season has opened today. Included in this post are the latest pictures of the completed exhibition
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Adolf Loos: Exhibition reviewed in the Observer and Radio 3, and Loos’s love of America
“American kitchens never smell of onions. The American woman can prepare exquisite meals in a quarter of an hour, she twitters like a bird and always smiles”, according to Loos
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Adolf Loos: Model of house for Josephine Baker
In the Library a 1:100 scale model of Loos’s unbuilt house for Josephine Baker is on display. This house designed for the singer and dancer would have boasted at its centre an indoor swimming pool
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Adolf Loos: Exhibition preview
Work still continues today at 66 Portland Place on preparations for the Adolf Loos Season. As part of the season the British Architectural Library will use archive material from its collections in an exhibition exploring the role
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The RIBA prepares for Adolf Loos
Curators, RIBA staff and workmen were very busy today as work began on the installation of the Adolf Loos exhibition. The RIBA Library and all the gallery spaces at 66 Portland Place are currently
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The RIBA welcomes students from the University of Portsmouth
First-year Architecture and Interior Design students from the University of Portsmouth kick-started a day of site visits across London with a stop at the RIBA this morning. RIBA Information Officers Karen Wilman and Jason
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Charles Holden exhibition is now online
Underground Journeys at the Victoria and Albert Museum sadly closed last week, but for anyone who missed the exhibition there is now an online version from the RIBA. Through selected archive material held in the
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A student’s view of the John Piper exhibition
Today Molly Baker, a GCSE student from The Charter School, reported for the RIBA Blog about the current Library exhibition: ”The exhibition explores the work of John Piper (1903-1992), his work informed and inspired other artists and
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